Defined benefit retirement plans: Open and frozen plans

Table 4. Defined benefit retirement plans: Open and frozen plans,State and local government workers, National Compensation Survey,March 2011

(All workers participating in defined benefit plans = 100 percent)

Characteristics

Open plans1

Frozen plans2

All workers

89

11

Worker characteristics

Management, professional, and related

88

12

Professional and related

89

11

Teachers

90

10

Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers

90

10

Service

88

12

Protective service

89

11

Sales and office

90

10

Office and administrative support

90

10

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

90

10

Production, transportation, and material moving

87

13

Full time

89

11

Part time

87

13

Union

84

16

Nonunion

93

7

Average wage within the following categories:3

Lowest 25 percent

91

9

Lowest 10 percent

92

8

Second 25 percent

88

12

Third 25 percent

89

11

Highest 25 percent

87

13

Highest 10 percent

85

15

Establishment characteristics

Service-providing industries

89

11

Education and health services

89

11

Educational services

90

10

Elementary and secondary schools

90

10

Junior colleges, colleges, and universities

89

11

Health care and social assistance

82

18

Hospitals

82

18

Public administration

88

12

1 to 99 workers

89

11

1 to 49 workers

93

7

50 to 99 workers

86

14

100 workers or more

88

12

100 to 499 workers

87

13

500 workers or more

89

11

State government

85

15

Local government

90

10

Geographic areas

New England

74

26

Middle Atlantic

74

26

East North Central

83

17

South Atlantic

97

3

West South Central

94

6

Pacific

88

12

1Plans open to new participants.

2Plans closed to new workers or plans that cease accruals for some or all plan participants.

3The categories are based on the average wage for each occupation surveyed, which may includeworkers with earnings both above and below the threshold. The average wages are based on theestimates published in the "National Compensation Survey: Occupational Earnings in the United States,2010." See Technical Note for more details.

NOTE: Because of rounding, sums of individual items may not equal totals. For definitions of major plans,key provisions, and related terms, see the "Glossary of Employee Benefit Terms" atwww.bls.gov/ncs/ebs/glossary20102011.htm.